Lose

(verb.) fail to win; 'We lost the battle but we won the war'.

(verb.) suffer the loss of a person through death or removal; 'She lost her husband in the war'; 'The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her'.

(verb.) allow to go out of sight; 'The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light'.

(verb.) miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; 'I've lost my glasses again!'.

(verb.) fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; 'She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat'.

(verb.) fail to get or obtain; 'I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad'.

(verb.) fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit; 'I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!'; 'The company turned a loss after the first year'.

艾伦校对

• We should lose no time, Prince, replied Kantos Kan. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• In translating him into the language of modern thought, we might insensibly lose the spirit of ancient philosophy. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• If your crop comes shorter into market than any of theirs, you won't lose your bet, I suppose? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I try, but every day I lose a little, and feel more sure that I shall never gain it back. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Eugene, I cannot lose sight of that fellow's face. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• But Jane did not once lose consciousness. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• So that we don't quite lose one another again, take your way. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• She had been all sweetness and kindness, always thankful, always gentle, even when Mrs. Clapp lost her own temper and pressed for the rent. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The first half-hour was lost, for Fanny and Lady Bertram were together, and unless she had Fanny to herself she could hope for nothing. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• He lost the genial suavity of manner which is one of his greatest charMs. A noble indignation inspired his reply. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• She brought him some milk, and he drank of it gratefully and lay down again, to forget in pleasant dreams his lost battle and his humbled pride. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Even if water is only moderately hard, much soap is lost. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• This victory gained, Rokesmith made haste to profit by it, for he saw how woefully time had been lost. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• There he did very well, but something went wrong (as it always does to a nomad), so he went to the Transvaal, and ran a panorama called 'Paradise Lost' in the Kaffir kraals. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The church in the thirteenth century was extending its legal power in the world, and losing its grip upon men's consciences. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Miles long, and of breadth losing itself in vagueness, for all the neighbouring country crowds to see. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• She could feel his body gradually relaxing a little, losing its terrifying, unnatural rigidity. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• A very annoying feature until recently has been the losing of the lower film loop, due to poor patching of the film, tearing of the perforations in the films, etc. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Happily Lydgate had ended by losing in the billiard-room, and brought away no encouragement to make a raid on luck. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• More likely losing it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Mr. Barsad saw losing cards in it that Sydney Carton knew nothing of. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• When the iron parts with its carbon it loses its fluidity and becomes plastic and coherent, and is formed into balls called _blooms_. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• And the experience of each party loses in meaning, when the free interchange of varying modes of life-experience is arrested. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• That this solution has bleaching properties is shown by the fact that a colored cloth dipped into it loses its color, and unbleached fabrics immersed in it are whitened. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Spyers loses sight of him a minute as he turns a corner; shoots round; sees a little crowd; dives in; Which is the man? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• One reason for this is that the dye used to color the fabric requires a clear white background, and loses its characteristic hues when its foundation is yellow instead of white. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• A man must not be precipitate, or he runs over it; he must not rush into the opposite extreme, or he loses it altogether. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The merely practical man loses much by not knowing the backgrou nd of his activities; the mere theorist fails by mistaking the shadow for the substance. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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